2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation Indiana

              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Indiana
2006 National Survey
of Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
H. Dale Hall,
Director
U.S. Department of Commerce
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary
Economics and Statistics Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
2006 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
FHW/06-IN
Issued February 2008
Indiana
The U.S. Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural
heritage; provides scientifi c and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsi-bilities
or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affi liated Island Communities.
The mission of the Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve,
protect, and enhance fi sh, wildlife, and their habitats for the continuing benefi t of the American people.
The Service is responsible for national programs of vital importance to our natural resources, including
administration of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. These two programs provide fi nan-cial
assistance to the States for projects to enhance and protect fi sh and wildlife resources and to assure
their availability to the public for recreational purposes. Multistate grants from these programs fund the
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
Suggested Citation
U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S.
Census Bureau. 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
H. Dale Hall,
Director
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Rowan Gould,
Assistant Director
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
Economics and Statistics
Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
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Contents
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Survey Background and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Highlights
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Wildlife-Associated Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wildlife Watchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1996–2006 Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tables
Guide to Statistical Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fishing and Hunting Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wildlife-Watching Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
National Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendixes
A. Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
B. 2005 Participation of 6- to 15-Year-Olds: Data From Screening Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
C. Signifi cant Methodological Changes From Previous Surveys and Regional Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D. Sample Design and Statistical Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Fishing and Hunting
1. Fishing and Hunting in Indiana by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Indiana by Type of Fishing
and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Indiana Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. Indiana Resident Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in the
United States by Type of Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. Freshwater Anglers, Trips, Days of Fishing, and Type of Water Fished: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. Freshwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Indiana by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Indiana: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Indiana by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Indiana: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Indiana by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Indiana by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Indiana by Type of Game: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Indiana by Type of Land: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
15. Selected Characteristics of Indiana Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
16. Summary of Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
19. Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
20. Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana for Fishing and Hunting by Indiana Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22. Summary of Indiana Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Indiana: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Indiana Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wildlife Watching
24. Wildlife Watching in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
25. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching in
Indiana: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
26. Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participants by Wildlife Observed, Photographed, or
Fed in Indiana: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
List of Tables
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27. Participation in Wildlife-Watching Activities Around the Home in Indiana: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
28. Indiana Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching in the United States: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
29. Wild Bird Observers and Days of Observation in Indiana by State Residents and
Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
30. Selected Characteristics of Indiana Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
31. Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Wildlife
Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
32. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana for Wildlife Watching by Indiana Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
33. Wildlife-Watching Expenditures Both Inside and Outside Indiana by Indiana
Residents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
34. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Indiana Residents for Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
35. Participation of Indiana Resident Wildlife-Watching Participants in Fishing and
Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
36. Participation of Indiana Resident Sportspersons in Wildlife-Watching Activities: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
National Tables
37. Participation in Wildlife-Associated Recreation by State Residents Both Inside and Outside
Their Resident State: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
38. Anglers and Hunters by Sportsperson’s State of Residence: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
39. Participation in Wildlife-Associated Recreation in Each State by Both Residents and
Nonresidents of the State: 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
40. Anglers and Hunters by State Where Fishing or Hunting Took Place: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
vi 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Indiana U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
I fi nd duck hunting with friends in
a bottomland hardwood swamp or
fi shing with my kids on an Oregon
river bolsters my spirit and reminds me
why I care about conservation and our
wildlife heritage.
But wildlife-associated and vital
recreation—activities such as hunting,
fi shing, and birding—also provide
signifi cant fi nancial support for wildlife
conservation in our Nation’s economy.
According to information from the
newest National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation, 87.5 million Americans
spent more than $122 billion in 2006
on wildlife-related recreation. And
this spending supports hundreds of
thousands of jobs in industries and
businesses.
The Survey is conducted every fi ve
years at the request of State fi sh and
wildlife agencies to measure the impor-tance
of wildlife-based recreation to the
American people. The 2006 Survey
represents the 11th in a series that
began in 1955. Developed in collabo-ration
with the States, the Association
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and
national conservation organizations,
the Survey has become one of the most
important sources of information on
fi sh and wildlife-related recreation in
the United States.
In the 75-year history of the Sport Fish
and Wildlife Restoration Programs,
excise taxes on fi rearms, ammunition,
archery, and angling equipment have
generated a cumulative total of more
than $10 billion for wildlife conserva-tion
efforts by State and Territorial
wildlife agencies for fi sh and wildlife
management.
My thanks go to the men and women
who took time to participate in the
survey, as well as to the State fi sh and
wildlife agencies for their fi nancial
support through the Multistate Conser-vation
Grant Programs. Without that
support, the 2006 Survey would never
have been possible.
I am comforted to know that my chil-dren
and all Americans will have the
opportunity to appreciate our Nation’s
rich wildlife tradition. Along with
a record number of Americans, we
continue to enjoy wildlife. We are
laying the foundation for conservation’s
future.
H. Dale Hall
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Foreword
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Survey Background and Method
The National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Asso ciated
Recreation (Survey) has been
conducted since 1955 and is one of
the oldest and most comprehensive
continuing recreation surveys. The
Survey collects information on the
number of anglers, hunters, and wild-life
watchers; how often they partici-pate;
and how much they spend on their
activities in the United States.
Preparations for the 2006 Survey began
in 2004 when the Association of Fish
and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) recom-mended
that the Fish and Wildlife
Service conduct the 11th Survey of
wildlife-related recreation. Funding
came from the Multistate Conservation
Grant Programs, authorized by Sport
Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts, as
amended.
We consulted with State and Federal
agencies and nongovernmental
o rganizations such as the Wildlife
Management Institute and American
Sportfi shing Association to determine
survey content. Other sportsper-sons’
organizations and conservation
groups, industry representatives, and
researchers also provided valuable
advice.
Four regional technical committees
were set up under the auspices of the
AFWA to ensure that State fi sh and
wildlife agencies had an opportunity to
participate in all phases of survey plan-ning
and design. The committees were
made up of agency representatives.
Data collection for the Survey was
carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau
in two phases. The fi rst phase was the
screen which began in April 2006.
During this phase, the Census Bureau
interviewed a sample of 85,000 house-holds
nationwide to determine who
in the household had fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in 2005, and who
had engaged or planned to engage
in those activities in 2006. In most
cases, one adult household member
provided information for all members.
The screen primarily covered 2005
activities while the next, more in-depth
phase covered 2006 activities. For
more information on 2005 data, refer to
Appendix B.
The second phase of data collection
consisted of three detailed inter-view
waves. The fi rst began in April
2006 concurrent with the screen, the
second in September 2006, and the
last in January 2007. Interviews were
conducted with samples of likely
anglers, hunters, and wildlife watchers
who were identifi ed in the initial
screening phase. Interviews were
conducted primarily by phone, with
in-person interviews for respondents
who could not be reached by phone.
Respondents in the second survey
phase were limited to those who were
at least 16 years old. Each respondent
provided information pertaining only to
his or her activities and expenditures.
Sample sizes were designed to provide
statistically reliable results at the state
level. Information on sampling proce-dures,
sample sizes, and response rates
is found in Appendix D.
Comparability With Previous
Surveys
The 2006 Survey questions and meth-odology
were similar to those used
in the 2001, 1996, and 1991 Surveys.
Therefore, the estimates are compa-rable.
The methodology of these Surveys
did differ importantly from the 1985
and 1980 Surveys, so these estimates
are not directly comparable to those
of earlier surveys. Changes in meth-odology
included reducing the recall
period over which respondents had to
report their activities and expenditures.
Previous Surveys used a 12-month
recall period, which resulted in greater
reporting bias. Research found that the
amount of activity and expenditures
reported in 12-month recall surveys
was overestimated in comparison
with that reported using shorter recall
periods.
Highlights
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Introduction
The National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation reports results from inter-views
with U.S. residents about their
fi shing, hunting, and wildlife watching.
This report focuses on 2006 participa-tion
and expenditures of persons 16
years of age and older.
The Survey is a snapshot of one year.
The information it collected tells us
how many people participated and
how much they spent on their activi-ties
in the State in 2006. It does not
tell us how many anglers, hunters, and
wildlife watchers there were because
many do not participate every year.
For example, based on information
collected by the Survey’s household
screen and detailed phase, we can
estimate that about 33 percent more
anglers and hunters participated nation-ally
in at least 1 of the 4 years prior to
the survey year 2006.
In addition to 2006 estimates, we also
provide trend information in the High-lights
section and Appendix C of the
report. The 2006 numbers reported can
be compared with those in the 1991,
1996, and 2001 Survey reports because
they used similar methodologies. The
2006 estimates should not be directly
compared with results from Surveys
conducted earlier than 1991 because
of changes in methodology to improve
accuracy.
The report also provides information
on participation in wildlife recreation
in 2005, particularly of persons 6 to 15
years of age. The 2005 information is
provided in Appendix B. Information
about the Survey��s scope and coverage
is in Appendix D. The remainder of this
section defi nes important terms used in
the Survey.
This report does not provide infor-mation
about the State’s wildlife
resources. That, and additional infor-mation
on wildlife-related recreation,
may be obtained from State fi sh and
wildlife agencies. The Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies can provide
the addresses and telephone numbers of
those agencies. The Association’s Web
site is .
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Wildlife-associated recreation is
fi shing, hunting, and wildlife-watching
activities. These categories are not
mutually exclusive because many indi-viduals
participated in more than one
activity. Wildlife-associated recreation
is reported in two major categories: (1)
fi shing and hunting and (2) wildlife
watching, which includes observing,
photographing, and feeding fi sh or
wildlife.
Fishing and Hunting
This Survey reports information about
residents of the United States who
fi shed or hunted in 2006, regardless of
whether they were licensed. The fi shing
and hunting sections report information
for three groups: (1) sportspersons, (2)
anglers, and (3) hunters.
Sportspersons
Sportspersons are those who fi shed
or hunted. Individuals who fi shed
or hunted commercially in 2006 are
reported as sportspersons only if they
also fi shed or hunted for recreation.
The sportspersons group is composed
of three subgroups, as shown in the
diagram on this page: (1) those that
fi shed and hunted, (2) those that only
fi shed, and (3) those that only hunted.
The total number of sportspersons is
equal to the sum of people who only
fi shed, only hunted, and both hunted
and fi shed. It is not the sum of all
anglers and all hunters because those
people who both fi shed and hunted are
included in both the angler and hunter
population and would be incorrectly
counted twice.
Anglers
Anglers are sportspersons who only
fi shed plus those who fi shed and
hunted. Anglers include not only
licensed hook and line anglers, but
also those who have no license and
those who use special methods such as
fi shing with spears.
Three types of fi shing are reported: (1)
freshwater, excluding the Great Lakes,
(2) Great Lakes, and (3) saltwater.
Since many anglers participated in
more than one type of fi shing, the total
number of anglers is less than the sum
of the three types of fi shing.
Hunters
Hunters are sportspersons who only
hunted plus those who hunted and
fi shed. Hunters include not only
licensed hunters using rifl es and shot-guns
but also those who had no license
and those who hunted with a bow and
arrow, primitive fi rearm, or pistol or
handgun.
Sportspersons
Anglers Hunters
Fished
only
Fished
and
hunted
Hunted
only
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Four types of hunting are reported: (1)
big game, (2) small game, (3) migra-tory
bird, and (4) other animals. Since
many hunters participated in more than
one type of hunting, the sum of hunters
for big game, small game, migratory
bird, and other animals exceeds the
total number of hunters.
Wildlife Watchers
Since 1980, the National Survey has
included information on wildlife-watching
activities in addition to
fi shing and hunting. The 1991, 1996,
2001, and 2006 Surveys, unlike the
1980 and 1985 Surveys, collected data
only for activities where the primary
purpose was wildlife watching. The
1980 and 1985 Surveys included esti-mates
of unplanned wildlife watching
around the home and while on trips
taken for another purpose.
The 2006 Survey uses a strict defi ni-tion
of wildlife watching. Participants
must either take a “special interest”
in w ildlife around their homes or take
a trip for the “primary purpose” of
wildlife watching. Secondary wild-life
watching, such as incidentally
observing wildlife while pleasure
driving, is not included.
Two types of wildlife watching
are reported: (1) away-from-home
(formerly nonresidential) activities and
(2) around-the-home (formerly residen-tial)
activities. Because some people
participated in more than one type of
wildlife watching, the sum of partici-pants
in each type will be greater than
the total number of wildlife watchers.
The two types of wildlife-watching
activity are explained next.
Away-From-Home Wildlife
Watching
This group includes persons who
took trips or outings of at least 1 mile
from home for the primary purpose of
observing, feeding, or photographing
fi sh and wildlife. Trips to fi sh, hunt,
or scout and trips to zoos, circuses,
aq uariums, and museums are not
considered wildlife-watching activities.
Around-the-Home Wildlife
Watching
This group includes those who
participated within 1 mile of home and
involves one or more of the following:
(1) closely observing or trying to iden-tify
birds or other wildlife; (2) photo-graphing
wildlife; (3) feeding birds or
other wildlife; (4) maintaining natural
areas of at least 1/4 acre where benefi t
to wildlife is the primary concern; (5)
maintaining plantings (shrubs, agri-cultural
crops, etc.) where benefi t to
wildlife is the primary concern; or (6)
visiting public parks within 1 mile
of home for the primary purpose of
observing, feeding, or photographing
wildlife.
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2006 Indiana Summary
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,805,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $627,167,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $242,624,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $384,543,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $773
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,808,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $223,023,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,553,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $157,470,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $791
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 2,042,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 755,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,786,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . 24,013,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $933,920,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $143,615,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $790,305,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $453
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6
Activities in Indiana by Residents and Nonresidents Activities in Indiana by Nonresidents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120,464,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,053,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66,411,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,148
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,639,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,023,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,616,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $898
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 218,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 218,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X)
Days of participation away from home . . . . 16,616,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,511,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,133,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,378,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $184
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
(X) Not applicable.
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Activities in Indiana by Residents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,052,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $506,703,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $188,571,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $318,132,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $765
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,184,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $191,384,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47,530,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $143,854,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $808
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 1,824,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 537,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,786,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 7,397,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $888,409,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,482,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762,927,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $487
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17
Activities by Indiana Residents Both Inside
and Outside Indiana
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,583,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $696,389,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $317,269,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $379,120,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $942
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,617,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243,058,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,362,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $162,696,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $958
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 1,825,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 611,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,786,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 8,644,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,117,282,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $234,756,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $882,526,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $612
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27
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Participation in Indiana
The 2006 Survey found that 2.6 million
Indiana residents and nonresidents
16 years old and older fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in Indiana. Of
the total number of participants, 768
thousand fi shed, 272 thousand hunted,
and 2.0 million participated in wildlife -
watching activities, which include
observing, feeding, and photographing
wildlife. The sum of anglers, hunters,
and wildlife watchers exceeds the total
number of participants in wildlife -
related recreation because many indi-viduals
engaged in more than
one wildlife-related activity.
Participation by 6-to-15-Year-Old
Indiana Residents
The focus of the National Survey is
on the activity of participants 16 years
old and older. However, the activity of
6- to 15-year-olds can be calculated
using the screening data covering the
year 2005. It is assumed for estima-tion
purposes that the relative activity
levels of 6-to-15-year-old participants
and participants 16 years old and older
remained the same in 2005 and 2006.
Based on this assumption, in addition
to the 739 thousand resident anglers
16 years old and older, there were 240
thousand resident anglers 6 to 15 years
old. Also, in addition to the 254 thou-sand
residents 16 years old and older
who hunted, there were 50 thousand
6-to-15-year-old residents who hunted.
Finally, there were 1.8 million Indiana
residents 16 years old and older and
306 thousand 6- to 15-year-olds who
wildlife watched. Further information
on 6- to 15-year-olds is provided in
Appendix B.
Expenditures in Indiana
In 2006, state residents and nonresi-dents
spent $2.2 billion on wildlife
recreation in Indiana. Of that total, trip-related
expenditures were $452 million
and equipment purchases totaled $1.5
billion. The remaining $247 million
was spent on licenses, contributions,
land ownership and leasing, and other
items.
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Participants in Wildlife-Associated Recreation in Indiana: 2006
(U.S. residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 million
Sportspersons
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 thousand
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 thousand
Wildlife Watchers
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 thousand
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Tables 3, 24, and 39.
Percent of Total Participants
by Activity
(Total: 2.6 million participants)
Wildlife
watching
Fishing Hunting
29%
10%
78%
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation Expenditures in Indiana
(Total: $2.2 billion)
Equipment
68%
Trip-related
21%
Other
11%
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Sportspersons
In 2006, 886 thousand state resident
and nonresident sportspersons 16
years old and older fi shed or hunted
in Indiana. This group comprised
768 thousand anglers (87 percent of
all sportspersons) and 272 thousand
hunters (31 percent of all sportsper-sons).
Among the 886 thousand sports-persons
who fi shed or hunted in the
state, 614 thousand (69 percent) fi shed
but did not hunt in Indiana. Another
118 thousand (13 percent) hunted but
did not fi sh there. The remaining 154
thousand (17 percent) fi shed and hunted
in Indiana in 2006.
Sportspersons’ Participation in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Sportspersons (fi shed or hunted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 thousand
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 thousand
Fished only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 thousand
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 thousand
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 thousand
Hunted and fi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 1.
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Anglers
Participants and Days of Fishing
In 2006, 768 thousand state residents
and nonresidents 16 years old and
older fi shed in Indiana. Of this total,
663 thousand anglers (86 percent)
were state residents and 106 thousand
anglers (14 percent) were nonresidents.
Anglers fi shed a total of 9.8 million
days in Indiana—an average of 13 days
per angler. State residents fi shed 9.1
million days—92 percent of all fi shing
days in Indiana. Nonresidents fi shed
753 thousand days in Indiana—
8 percent of all fi shing days in the state.
A large majority of Indiana residents
who fi shed anywhere in the United
States did so in their resident state.
There were 739 thousand Indiana
residents 16 years old and older who
fi shed in the United States in 2006 for a
total of 10.6 million days. An estimated
90 percent of all Indiana residents who
fi shed did so in their home state. Of
all fi shing days by Indiana residents,
86 percent or 9.1 million were in their
home state.
Some state residents fi shed in states
other than Indiana. In 2006, 202
thousand Indiana residents fi shed in
other states—27 percent of all residents
fi shing in any state. They fi shed 1.7
million days as nonresidents, repre-senting
16 percent of all days fi shed by
Indiana residents. For further details
about fi shing in Indiana, see Table 3.
Anglers in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Indiana anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 thousand
In Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 million
In Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Fishing Expenditures in Indiana
All fi shing-related expenditures in
Indiana totaled $627 million in 2006.
Trip-related expenditures, which
include food and lodging, transporta-tion,
and other trip expenses, totaled
$243 million—39 percent of all fi shing
expenditures. Expenditures for food
and lodging were $67 million and
transportation expenditures were $68
million. Other trip expenses, such as
equipment rental, bait, and cooking
fuel, totaled $108 million. Each angler
spent an average of $316 on trip-related
costs during 2006.
Anglers spent $316 million on equip-ment
in Indiana in 2006, 50 percent of
all fi shing expenditures. Fishing equip-ment
(rods, reels, line, etc.) spending
totaled $111 million—35 percent of
the equipment total. Auxiliary equip-ment
expenditures (tents, special
fi shing clothes, etc.) and special equip-ment
expenditures (boats, vans, etc.)
amounted to $205 million—65 percent
of the equipment total. Special and
auxiliary equipment are items that were
purchased for fi shing but could be used
in activities other than fi shing.
The purchase of other items, such as
magazines, membership dues, licenses,
permits, stamps, and land leasing and
ownership, amounted to $68 million—
11 percent of all fi shing expenditures.
For more details about fi shing expendi-tures
in Indiana, see Tables 19 and 21
through 23.
Fishing Expenditures in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $627 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $316 million
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $111 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $205 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $68 million
Source: Table 19.
Percent of Anglers by Residence
(Total: 768 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
86%
14%
Fishing Expenditures in Indiana
(Total: $627 million)
Trip-related
39%
Other
11%
Equipment
50%
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Hunters
Participants and Days of Hunting
In 2006, there were 272 thousand
residents and nonresidents 16 years old
and older who hunted in Indiana. Resi-dent
hunters numbered 237 thousand,
accounting for 87 percent of the hunters
in Indiana. There were 35 thousand
nonresidents who hunted in Indiana—
13 percent of the state’s hunters.
Residents and nonresidents hunted 4.8
million days in 2006, an average of 18
days per hunter. Residents hunted 4.2
million days in Indiana or 87 percent
of all hunting days, while nonresidents
spent 624 thousand days hunting in
Indiana or 13 percent of all hunting
days.
There were 254 thousand Indiana
residents 16 years old and older who
hunted in the United States in 2006 for
a total of 4.6 million days. An estimated
93 percent of all Indiana residents who
hunted did so in their home state. Of
all hunting days by Indiana residents,
91 percent or 4.2 million were spent
pursuing game in their home state.
Some state residents hunted in states
other than Indiana. Altogether, 42
thousand or 16 percent of all Indiana
hunters hunted in other states. Their
468 thousand days of hunting in other
states represented 10 percent of all days
Indiana residents spent hunting in 2006.
For more information on hunting activi-ties
by Indiana residents, see Table 3.
Hunters in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Indiana hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 thousand
In Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 million
In Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Hunting Expenditures in Indiana
All hunting-related expenditures in
Indiana totaled $223 million in 2006.
Trip-related expenses, such as food
and lodging, transportation, and other
trip expenses, totaled $66 million—29
percent of total expenditures. Expen-ditures
for food and lodging were $27
million and transportation expenditures
were $32 million. Other trip expenses,
such as equipment rental, totaled $7
million for the year. The average trip-related
expenditure per hunter was
$241.
Hunters spent $103 million on equip-ment—
46 percent of all hunting expen-ditures.
Hunting equipment (guns,
ammunition, etc.) totaled $86 million
and made up 83 percent of all equip-ment
costs. Hunters spent $18 million
on auxiliary equipment (tents, special
hunting clothes, etc.) and special equip-ment
(boats, vans, etc.), accounting
for 17 percent of total equipment
expenditures for hunting. Special and
auxiliary equipment are items that were
purchased for hunting but could be
used in activities other than hunting.
The purchase of other items, such as
magazines, membership dues, licenses,
permits, and land leasing and owner-ship,
cost hunters $54 million—24
percent of all hunting expenditures. For
more details on hunting expenditures in
Indiana, see Tables 20 through 23.
Hunting Expenditures in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $223 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $103 million
Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $86 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54 million
Source: Table 20.
Percent of Hunters by Residence
(Total: 272 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
87%
13%
Hunting Expenditures in Indiana
(Total: $223 million)
Trip-related
29%
Other
24%
Equipment
46%
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Wildlife Watchers
Participants and Days of Activity
In 2006, 2.0 million U.S. residents
16 years old and older fed, observed,
or photographed wildlife in Indiana.
Most of them, 87 percent (1.8 million),
enjoyed their activities close to home
and are called “around-the-home”
participants. Those persons who
enjoyed wildlife at least 1 mile from
home are called “away-from-home”
participants. People participating in
away-from-home activities in Indiana
in 2006 numbered 755 thousand—37
percent of all wildlife watchers in
Indiana. Of the 755 thousand, 537
thousand were state residents and 218
thousand were nonresidents.
Indiana residents 16 years old and older
who enjoyed away-from-home wildlife
watching within their state totaled 537
thousand. Of this group, 523 thousand
participants observed wildlife, 165
thousand fed wildlife, and 226 thou-sand
photographed wildlife. Since
some individuals engaged in more than
1 of the 3 away-from-home activities
during the year, the sum of wildlife
observers, feeders, and photographers
exceeds the total number of away-from-home
participants.
Indiana residents spent 7.4 million days
engaged in away-from-home wildlife-watching
activities in their state. They
spent 4.8 million days observing wild-life,
2.3 million days feeding wildlife,
and 947 thousand days photographing
wildlife. The sum of days observing,
feeding, and photographing wildlife
exceeds the total days of wildlife-watching
activity because individuals
engaged in more than one activity on
some days. For further details about
away-from-home activities, see Table
25.
Indiana residents also took an active
interest in wildlife around their homes.
In 2006, 1.8 million state residents
enjoyed observing, feeding, and photo-graphing
wildlife within 1 mile of their
homes. Among this around-the-home
group, 1.6 million fed, 1.1 million
observed, and 424 thousand photo-graphed
wildlife around their homes.
Another 324 thousand par ticipants
maintained natural areas of 1/4 acre
Wildlife-Watching Participants in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 24.
Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 thousand
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728 thousand
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 25.
Around-the-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Indiana
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 thousand
Maintain natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 thousand
Maintain plantings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 thousand
Visit public areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 27.
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or more for wildlife; 285 thousand
participants maintained plantings
for the benefi t of wildlife; and 291
thousand participants visited public
parks within a mile of home because
of the wildlife. Summing the number
of participants in these six activities
results in an estimate that exceeds
the total number of around-the-home
participants because many people
participated in more than one type of
around-the-home activity. In addition,
32 percent of resident around-the-home
wildlife watchers also enjoyed wildlife
away from home. For further details
about Indiana residents participating
in around-the-home wildlife-watching
activities, see Table 27.
Wild Bird Observers
Bird watching attracted many wildlife
enthusiasts in Indiana. In 2006, 1.3
million people observed birds around
the home and on trips in the state.
A majority, 79 percent (1.1 million)
observed wild birds around the home
while 51 percent (681 thousand) took
trips away from home to watch birds.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures in
Indiana
Wildlife watchers spent $934 million
on wildlife-watching activities in
Indiana in 2006. Trip-related expendi-tures,
including food and lodging ($81
million), transportation ($44 million),
and other trip expenses ($19 million),
such as equipment rental, amounted
to $144 million. This summation
comprised 15 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures by participants.
The average of the trip-related expendi-tures
for away-from-home participants
was $187 per person in 2006.
Wildlife-watching participants spent
$672 million on equipment—72 percent
of all their expenditures. Specifi cally,
wildlife-watching equipment (binocu-lars,
special clothing, etc.) expenditures
totaled $243 million, 36 percent of the
equipment total. Auxiliary equipment
expenditures (tents, backpacking
equipment, etc.) and special equipment
expenditures (campers, trucks, etc.)
amounted to $429 million—64 percent
of all equipment costs. Special and
auxiliary equipment are items that were
purchased for wildlife-watching recre-ation
but can be used in activities other
than wildlife-watching activities.
Other items purchased by wildlife -
watching participants, such as
magazines, membership dues and
contributions, land leasing and owner-ship,
and plantings, totaled $119
million—13 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures. For more
details about wildlife-watching expen-ditures
in Indiana, see Table 31.
Wild Bird Observers in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.8 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 29.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures in Indiana
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $934 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $144 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $672 million
Wildlife watching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $429 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $119 million
Source: Table 31.
Around-the-Home and Away-
From-Home Participation
by Indiana Residents
(Total: 1.8 million participants)
Both around
the home and
away from
home
Around the
home only
68%
32%
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Indiana
(Total: $934 million)
Trip-related
15%
Other
13%
Equipment
72%
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1996–2006 Comparisons
Comparing the estimates from the
1996, 2001, and 2006 Surveys gives
a perspective on the state of wildlife-related
recreation in the late 1990s and
early-to-mid 2000s in Indiana. Only the
most general recreation comparisons
are presented here.
The best way to compare estimates
from surveys is not to compare the
estimates themselves but to compare
the confi dence intervals around the
estimates. A 90-percent confi dence
interval around an estimate gives the
range of estimates that 90 percent of all
possible representative samples would
supply. If the 90-percent confi dence
intervals of two surveys’ estimates
overlap, it is not possible to say the two
estimates are statistically different.
The state resident estimates cover the
participation and expenditure activity
of Indiana residents anywhere in the
United States. The in-state estimates
cover the participation, day, and expen-diture
activity of U.S. residents
in Indiana.
The expenditure estimates were made
comparable by adjusting the estimates
for infl ation—all estimates are in 2006
dollars.
Indiana 1996 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
1996 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992 768 –23
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,811 9,805 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,029,599 $627,167 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 739 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,030,470 $696,389 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 272 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,204 4,808 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $351,283 $223,023 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 254 –27
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $361,036 $243,058 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 755 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,912 24,013 306
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 611 38
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,509 1,786 18
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161 1,092 *
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,397 1,578 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $367,994 $933,920 154
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $418,191 $1,117,282 167
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
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Indiana 2001 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
2001 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 768 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,192 9,805 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $591,504 $627,167 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833 739 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $535,092 $696,389 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 272 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 4,808 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $302,273 $223,023 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 254 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $318,824 $243,058 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 755 59
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,999 24,013 100
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 611 *
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727 1,786 *
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295 1,092 –16
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,615 1,578 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $822,923 $933,920 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $695,045 $1,117,282 *
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
Number of People Who Hunted
and Fished in Indiana: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
Hunters
Anglers
1996 2001 2006
357
992
290
874
272
768
Number of People Who Wildlife
Watched in Indiana: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
Away from home
Around the home
1996 2001 2006
565
1,509
474
1,727
755
1,786
Total Expenditures by
Participants in Indiana
(In millions of 2006 dollars)
Wildlife watchers
Hunters
Anglers
1996 2001 2006
1,030
351 368
592
302
823
627
223
934
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Purpose and Coverage of Tables
The statistical tables of this report were
designed to meet a wide range of needs
for those interested in wildlife-related
recreation. Special terms used in these
tables are defi ned in Appendix A.
The tables are based on responses to
the 2006 Survey, which was designed
to collect data about participation in
wi ldlife-related recreation. To have
taken part in the Survey, a respondent
must have been a U.S. resident (a
resident of one of the 50 states or the
District of Columbia). No one residing
outside the United States (including
U.S. citizens) was eligible for inter-viewing.
Therefore, reported state and
national totals do not include partici-pation
by those who were not U.S.
residents or who were U.S. citizens
residing outside the United States.
Comparability With Previous
Surveys
The numbers reported can be compared
with those in the 1991, 1996, and 2001
Survey Reports. The methodology used
in 2006 was similar to that used in
those Surveys. These results should not
be directly compared to results from
Surveys earlier than 1991 since there
were major changes in methodology
in 1991. These changes were made to
improve accuracy in the estimates.
Coverage of an Individual Table
Since the Survey covers many activi-ties
in various places by participants
of different ages, all table titles,
headnotes, stubs, and footnotes are
designed to identify and articulate each
item being reported in the table. For
example, the title of Table 2 shows that
data about anglers and hunters, their
days of participation, and their number
of trips are reported by type of activity.
By contrast, the title of Table 7 indi-cates
that it contains data on freshwater
anglers and the days they fi shed for
different species.
Percentages Reported in the Tables
Percentages are reported in the tables
for the convenience of the user. When
exclusive groups are being reported, the
base of a percentage is apparent from
its context because the percents add to
100 percent (plus or minus a rounding
error). For example, Table 2 reports
the number of trips taken by big game
hunters, those taken by small game
hunters, those taken by migratory bird
hunters, and those taken by hunters
pursuing other animals. These comprise
100 percent because they are exclusive
categories.
Percents should not add to 100 when
nonexclusive groups are being reported.
Using Table 2 as an example again,
note that adding the percentages associ-ated
with the total number of big game
hunters, total small game hunters,
total migratory bird hunters, and total
hunters of other animals will not yield
total hunters because respondents could
hunt for more than one type of game.
When the base of the percentage is not
apparent in context, it is identifi ed in a
footnote. For example, Table 15 reports
two percentages with different bases:
one base being the number of total
participants at the head of the column
and the other base being the total popu-lation
who are described by the row
category. Footnotes are used to clarify
the bases of the reported percentages.
Footnotes to the Tables
Footnotes are used to clarify the infor-mation
or items that are being reported
in a table. Symbols in the body of a
table indicate important footnotes.
These symbols are used in the tables
to refer to the same footnote each time
they appear:
* Estimate based on a sample size of
10–29.
... Sample size too small to report data
reliably because there were fewer
than 10 responses.
W Less than .5 dollars.
Z Less than 0.5 percent.
X Not applicable.
NA Not asked.
Estimates based upon fewer than 10
responses are regarded as being based
on a sample size that is too small for
reliable reporting. An estimate based
upon at least 10 but fewer than 30
responses is treated as an estimate
based on a small sample size. Other
footnotes appear, as necessary, to
qualify or clarify the estimates reported
in the tables. In addition, these two
important footnotes appear frequently:
• Detail does not add to total because
of multiple responses.
• Detail does not add to total because
of multiple responses and nonre-sponse.
“Multiple responses” is a term used
to refl ect the fact that individuals or
their characteristics fall into more than
one category. Using Table 12 as an
example, those who hunt for big game,
small game, migratory birds, and other
animals are counted only once as a
hunter in the “Total, all hunting” row.
Another example is Table 15, where
total anglers and hunters add up to
more than total sportspersons. Totals
will be smaller than the sum of subcat-egories
when multiple responses exist.
“Nonresponse” exists because the
Survey questions were answered
voluntarily and some respondents did
not or could not answer all the ques-tions.
Totals are greater than the sum of
subcategories when nonresponses have
occurred. This occurs because some
respondents answered the question that
provided the category estimate but did
not answer the subcategory questions.
Guide to Statistical Tables
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Table 1. Fishing and Hunting in Indiana by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Sportspersons
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
sportspersons Number
Percent of
resident
sportspersons Number
Percent of
nonresident
sportspersons
Total sportspersons (fished or hunted) . . . . . . . . 886 100 752 100 134 100
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 87 663 88 106 79
Fished only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 69 515 69 99 74
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 17 147 20 ... ...
Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 31 237 31 *35 *26
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 13 90 12 ... ...
Hunted and fished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 17 147 20 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Indiana by Type of Fishing and
Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of fishing and hunting
Participants Days of participation Trips
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total, all fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 100 9,805 100 7,070 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 91 9,048 92 7,070 100
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 677 88 8,289 85 6,369 90
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *46 *6 *759 *8 *700 *10
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 100 4,808 100 4,477 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 85 3,469 72 2,851 64
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 40 1,163 24 964 22
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *30 *11 *444 *9 *423 *9
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19 *7 *391 *8 *240 *5
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and hunters, trips,
and days of participation
Activity in Indiana Activity by Indiana residents in United States
Total, state
residents and
nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Total, in state
of residence and
in other states
In state
of residence
In other
states
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 100 663 86 106 14 739 100 663 90 202 27
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,070 100 6,527 92 *543 *8 7,406 100 6,527 88 879 12
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . 9,805 100 9,052 92 753 8 10,583 100 9,052 86 1,702 16
Average days of fishing . . . . . . 13 (X) 14 (X) 7 (X) 14 (X) 14 (X) 8 (X)
HUNTING
Total hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 100 237 87 *35 *13 254 100 237 93 *42 *16
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,477 100 3,968 89 *509 *11 4,237 100 3,968 94 *269 *6
Total days of hunting . . . . . . . . 4,808 100 4,184 87 *624 *13 4,617 100 4,184 91 *468 *10
Average days of hunting . . . . . 18 (X) 18 (X) *18 (X) 18 (X) 18 (X) *11 (X)
(X) Not applicable. * Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 4. Indiana Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Place fished or hunted
Anglers Hunters
Number Percent Number Percent
Total, all places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 100 254 100
In-state only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 73 212 84
In-state and other states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 17 *25 *10
In other states only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 10 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail may not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 5. Indiana Resident Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in the United States
by Type of Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of fishing and hunting
Participants Days of participation Trips
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total, all fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 100 10,583 100 7,406 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 92 10,031 95 7,376 100
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 661 89 9,274 88 6,628 90
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 8 897 8 748 10
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *21 *3 *89 *1 *29 *(Z)
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 100 4,617 100 4,237 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 85 3,382 73 2,804 66
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 41 877 19 757 18
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *30 *12 *488 *11 *442 *10
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. (Z) Less than 0.5 percent.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 6. Freshwater Anglers, Trips, Days of Fishing, and Type of Water Fished: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Indiana
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 100 582 86 *96 *14
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,369 100 5,932 93 *437 *7
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,289 100 7,594 92 *695 *8
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 (X) 13 (X) *7 (X)
ANGLERS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 100 582 86 *96 *14
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 100 535 86 *87 *14
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 100 191 95 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,289 100 7,594 92 *695 *8
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,843 100 6,244 91 *599 *9
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,819 100 1,746 96 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. (X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 7. Freshwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Indiana by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Indiana
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
total
types
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days
ANGLERS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 100 100 582 86 *96 *14
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 32 100 192 87 ... ...
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 58 100 361 92 *31 *8
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 130 19 100 103 79 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 46 100 264 84 *51 *16
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 33 100 193 86 ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *52 *8 *100 *45 *86 ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 15 100 90 87 ... ...
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,289 100 100 7,594 92 *695 *8
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,640 32 100 2,531 96 ... ...
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,688 57 100 4,448 95 *240 *5
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 2,061 25 100 1,949 95 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,542 43 100 3,090 87 *452 *13
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,368 29 100 2,148 91 ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *400 *5 *100 *332 *83 ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 8 100 *618 *94 ... ...
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Respondent fished for no specific species and identified ‘‘Anything’’ from a list of categories of fish.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Indiana: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Indiana
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *46 *100 *42 *90 ... ...
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *700 *100 *595 *85 ... ...
Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *759 *100 *654 *86 ... ...
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16 (X) *16 (X) ... (X)
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. (X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Indiana by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Indiana
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
total
types
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days
ANGLERS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *46 *100 *100 *42 *90 ... ...
Perch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *25 *53 *100 *23 *92 ... ...
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other Great Lakes fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *759 *100 *100 *654 *86 ... ...
Perch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *235 *31 *100 *204 *87 ... ...
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other Great Lakes fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Respondent fished for no specific species and identified ‘‘Anything’’ from a list of categories of fish.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Indiana: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
Table 11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Indiana by Type of Fish: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
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Table 12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Indiana by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters, trips, and days of hunting
Activity in Indiana
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 100 237 87 *35 *13
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 100 207 89 ... ...
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 100 93 85 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *30 *100 *30 *100 ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19 *100 ... ... ... ...
TRIPS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,477 100 3,968 89 *509 *11
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,851 100 2,583 91 ... ...
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964 100 730 76 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *423 *100 *423 *100 ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *240 *100 ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,808 100 4,184 87 *624 *13
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,469 100 3,033 87 ... ...
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163 100 828 71 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *444 *100 *444 *100 ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *391 *100 ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Indiana by Type of Game: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of game
Hunters, state
residents and nonresidents
Days of hunting
Number Percent Number Percent
Total, all types of game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 100 4,808 100
Big game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 85 3,469 72
Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 85 3,298 69
Elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Wild turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *35 *13 *232 *5
Other big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Small game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 40 1,163 24
Rabbit, hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *53 *20 *824 *17
Quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *22 *8 *139 *3
Grouse/prairie chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *55 *20 *292 *6
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Migratory birds, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *30 *11 *444 *9
Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other animals, total 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19 *7 *391 *8
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes groundhog, raccoon, fox, coyote, crow, prairie dog, etc.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Indiana by Type of Land: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters and days of hunting
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 100 237 100 *35 *100
Public land, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *70 *26 *70 *30 ... ...
Public land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Public and private land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *45 *17 *45 *19 ... ...
Private land, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 88 207 87 *33 *95
Private land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 72 162 68 *33 *95
Private and public land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *45 *17 *45 *19 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,808 100 4,184 100 *624 *100
Public land1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *823 *17 *823 *20 ... ...
Private land2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,510 94 3,627 87 *883 *141
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Days of hunting on public land includes both days spent solely on public land and those spent on public and private land.
2 Days of hunting on private land includes both days spent solely on private land and those spent on private and public land.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Indiana Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic
Population
Sportspersons
(fished or hunted)
Anglers Hunters
Number Percent Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
sports-persons
Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
anglers Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
hunters
Total persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,799 100 822 17 100 739 15 100 254 5 100
Population Density of Residence
Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,390 71 494 15 60 462 14 63 112 3 44
Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,409 29 328 23 40 277 20 37 141 10 56
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan statistical area
(MSA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,489 73 588 17 72 544 16 74 166 5 65
1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,058 43 347 17 42 325 16 44 96 5 38
250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 15 115 16 14 100 14 14 *41 *6 *16
Less than 250,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 15 126 17 15 118 16 16 ... ... ...
Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310 27 234 18 28 196 15 26 88 7 35
Sex
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,340 49 616 26 75 553 24 75 221 9 87
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,459 51 206 8 25 186 8 25 ... ... ...
Age
16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 8 *59 *15 *7 *58 *14 *8 ... ... ...
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 16 124 16 15 104 13 14 *66 *9 *26
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 19 225 25 27 204 22 28 *57 *6 *23
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 20 172 18 21 149 16 20 *59 *6 *23
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 15 129 17 16 124 17 17 *29 *4 *12
65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 18 77 9 9 72 8 10 ... ... ...
Ethnicity
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Non-Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,663 97 804 17 98 723 16 98 250 5 99
Race
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,380 91 786 18 96 703 16 95 247 6 97
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 8 *29 *8 *4 *29 *8 *4 ... ... ...
All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *36 *1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Annual Household Income
Under $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$10,000 to $19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$20,000 to $29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 14 124 18 15 121 18 16 *31 *4 *12
$30,000 to $39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 9 *68 *16 *8 *57 *13 *8 *29 *7 *11
$40,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 9 133 31 16 117 28 16 *47 *11 *19
$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 16 159 20 19 136 17 18 *50 *6 *20
$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 8 106 27 13 99 25 13 *32 *8 *13
$100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 9 85 19 10 75 17 10 *29 *7 *11
Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149 24 106 9 13 94 8 13 ... ... ...
Education
11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 16 136 18 17 121 16 16 *51 *7 *20
12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,985 41 342 17 42 313 16 42 117 6 46
1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075 22 217 20 26 183 17 25 68 6 27
4 years college or more . . . . . . . . . . . 974 20 128 13 16 122 13 17 *18 *2 *7
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. Percent who participated shows the percent of each row’s population who participated in the activity
named by the column (the percent of those living in urban areas who fished, etc.). Remaining percent columns show the percent of each column’s participants who
are described by the row heading (the percent of anglers who lived in urban areas, etc.).
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Table 16. Summary of Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
FISHING AND HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266,885 892 1,420 1,352
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,829 558 168 106
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,417 594 167 112
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,931 514 224 130
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,827 583 348 193
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,863 205 214 45
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583,519 60 9,756 624
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,898 160 43 8
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,648 105 54 6
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,954 532 218 130
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627,167 755 831 773
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,201 477 141 87
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,546 486 139 88
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,877 498 217 140
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,784 488 227 107
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,648 91 194 18
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *187,676 *28 *6,667 *244
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,091 *49 *43 *3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,047 *46 *44 *3
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,297 406 158 82
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,023 273 817 791
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,628 168 159 98
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,871 214 149 117
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7,054 *38 *186 *26
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,542 192 445 290
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,914 92 194 62
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,495 *45 *33 *5
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *863 *22 *39 *2
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,657 195 265 189
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410,193 157 2,618 428
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boating costs, equipment rental, guide fees, access fees, heating and cooking fuel, and ice and bait (for fishing only).
2 Includes tents, special clothing, etc.
3 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
4 Includes land leasing and ownership, licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
5 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Tables 19–20 for a detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per spender
(dollars)
Average per angler
(dollars)
ALL FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513,241 699 734 626
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,201 477 141 87
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,546 486 139 88
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,385 498 125 81
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,108 490 645 369
ALL FRESHWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489,893 687 713 650
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,201 477 141 97
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,833 486 134 93
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,385 498 125 90
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,473 466 634 371
FRESHWATER, EXCEPT
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398,693 671 594 538
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,540 452 127 85
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,329 472 117 82
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,954 479 108 77
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233,870 450 519 295
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *91,200 *46 *1,980 *1,901
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,661 *39 *245 *209
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,504 *25 *383 *206
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,431 *34 *306 *226
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *61,604 *23 *2,700 *1,260
SALTWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Table 19 for detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per spender
(dollars)
Average per hunter
(dollars)
ALL HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,008 254 666 593
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,628 168 159 98
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,871 214 149 117
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7,054 *38 *186 *26
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,456 206 502 352
BIG GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,265 211 475 403
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,547 131 126 71
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,179 176 104 78
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,466 *24 *104 *11
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,073 156 405 243
SMALL GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,468 113 244 493
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,686 83 68 158
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,283 86 84 203
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,901 68 174 59
MIGRATORY BIRD
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26,513 *43 *622 *6,475
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,742 *26 *141 *2,084
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,744 *30 *192 *3,199
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15,038 *32 *467 *85
OTHER ANIMALS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,056 *16 *192 *640
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Table 20 for detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 19. Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Expenditures Spenders
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Average per
angler
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent of
anglers
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Total, all items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627,167 773 755 98 831
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242,624 316 588 77 413
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,201 87 552 72 122
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,055 59 472 61 95
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,146 29 100 13 221
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,546 88 486 63 139
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,877 140 498 65 217
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,939 23 129 17 139
Boating costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,691 79 154 20 395
Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,633 24 442 58 42
Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,719 10 286 37 27
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,895 *4 *82 *11 *35
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR FISHING
Fishing equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,784 107 488 64 227
Reels, rods, and rod-making components . . . . . . . . . . . 48,485 38 288 37 169
Lines, hooks, sinkers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,312 20 400 52 43
Artificial lures and flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,874 21 329 43 67
Creels, stringers, fish bags, landing nets, and gaff
hooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,834 5 94 12 41
Minnow seines, traps, and bait containers. . . . . . . . . . . *611 *1 *65 *8 *9
Other fishing equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,668 22 156 20 120
Auxiliary equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,648 18 91 12 194
Special equipment5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *187,676 *244 *28 *4 *6,667
Other fishing costs6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,435 88 431 56 159
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29.
1 Includes boat or equipment rental and fees for guides, pack trip (party and charter boats, etc.), public land use, and private land use.
2 Boat launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.
3 Includes electronic fishing devices (depth finders, fish finders, etc.), tackle boxes, ice fishing equipment, and other fishing equipment.
4 Includes tents, special fishing clothing, etc.
5 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
6 Includes magazines and books, membership dues and contributions, land leasing and ownership, and licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent of anglers may be greater than 100 because spenders who did not fish in this
state are included.
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Table 20. Expenditures in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Expenditures Spenders
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Average per
hunter
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent of
hunters
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Total, all items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,023 791 273 100 817
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,553 241 225 83 291
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,628 98 223 82 119
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,450 90 168 62 146
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,178 *8 *26 *10 *83
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,871 117 214 79 149
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7,054 *26 *38 *14 *186
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Boating costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR HUNTING
Hunting equipment, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,542 290 192 71 445
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,705 179 62 23 814
Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,273 40 158 58 71
Other hunting equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,563 71 124 46 190
Auxiliary equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,914 62 92 34 194
Special equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Other hunting costs5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,015 197 205 75 264
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes guide fees, pack trip or package fees, public and private land use access fees, and rental of equipment such as boats and hunting or camping equipment.
2 Includes bows, arrows, archery equipment, telescopic sights, decoys and game calls, handloading equipment and components, hunting dogs and associated costs, hunting
knives, and other hunting equipment.
3 Includes tents, special hunting clothing, etc.
4 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
5 Includes magazines and books, membership dues and contributions, land leasing and ownership, and licenses, stamps, and permits.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent of hunters may be greater than 100 percent because spenders who did not hunt
in this state are included.
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Table 21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Indiana for Fishing and Hunting by Indiana Residents and
Nonresidents: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average
per spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
STATE RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128,790 817 1,382 1,273
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 558,732 699 799 727
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,201 477 141 87
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,546 486 139 88
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,691 154 395 79
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,186 486 97 61
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,108 490 645 411
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 169,008 254 666 621
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,628 168 159 98
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,871 214 149 117
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,422 *34 *100 *13
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,456 206 502 380
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,050 52 7,690 452
STATE RESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986,153 671 1,469 1,311
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 444,272 592 751 670
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,855 413 133 83
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,355 413 127 79
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,889 134 320 65
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,472 440 87 58
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,701 448 571 386
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 140,831 212 663 594
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,725 147 128 79
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,762 182 125 96
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,411 *28 *85 *10
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,301 180 517 394
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,050 52 7,690 533
NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,637 145 981 1,063
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 114,460 107 1,065 1,085
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12,346 *64 *193 *117
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15,191 *73 *209 *144
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8,714 *46 *191 *83
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60,407 *42 *1,438 *572
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . *28,177 *41 *683 *799
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7,903 *21 *377 *224
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,109 *32 *285 *258
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boat launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.
2 Includes equipment rental, guide and access fees, ice and bait for fishing, and heating and cooking oil.
3 Respondent could not specify whether item was for hunting or fishing.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 22. Summary of Indiana Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Indiana: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
FISHING AND HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,386,308 757 1,831 1,686
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,334 564 265 182
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,205 578 218 154
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,092 535 228 148
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,827 561 330 225
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,637 202 202 49
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628,991 67 9,370 765
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,127 168 43 9
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,782 110 53 7
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,313 500 243 148
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696,389 670 1,039 942
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,989 501 226 153
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,102 500 188 127
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,178 528 209 149
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,544 490 199 132
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,720 87 157 19
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *195,889 *26 *7,610 *265
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,226 55 41 3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,124 *48 *44 *3
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,616 382 177 91
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243,058 240 1,012 958
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,345 163 222 143
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,103 199 161 127
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *11,914 *43 *275 *47
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,286 177 453 317
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,157 85 203 68
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,519 *45 *33 *6
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *718 *20 *36 *3
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,697 198 271 212
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439,865 162 2,719 535
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boating costs, equipment rental, guide fees, access fees, heating and cooking fuel, and ice and bait (for fishing only).
2 Includes tents, special clothing, etc.
3 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
4 Includes land leasing and ownership, licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
5 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Tables 19–20 for a detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Indiana Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
IN INDIANA
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,114,659 711 1,567 1,482
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,101 581 406 314
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,619 528 318 223
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,555 184 198 49
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *555,474 *56 *9,950 *738
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,911 507 235 158
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506,703 616 822 765
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,571 510 370 285
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,605 448 184 125
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,465 83 161 20
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *159,631 *24 *6,605 *241
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,431 351 178 94
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,384 228 838 808
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,530 193 246 201
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,512 175 448 331
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,790 79 187 62
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,553 188 269 213
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total4 . . . . . 345,626 112 3,100 459
OUT OF STATE
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,521 233 1,072 1,123
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,460 208 763 713
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,801 96 175 76
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,212 152 100 68
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,075 209 892 921
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,186 181 692 620
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,940 93 161 74
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,437 119 79 47
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *51,709 *51 *1,011 *1,237
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *33,275 *39 *859 *796
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,382 *40 *135 *129
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total 4 . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes tents, special hunting or fishing clothing, etc.
2 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
3 Includes magazines, books, membership dues, contributions, land leasing and ownership, stamps, tags, and licenses.
4 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 24. Wildlife Watching in Indiana by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Participants Number Percent
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,042 100
Away from home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 37
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .